HC Deb 16 July 1923 vol 166 cc1890-2W
Mr. MARCH

asked the Minister of Health if he will publish a return of the vaccinations per cent. of the births, the total number of small-pox deaths registered, the small-pox death rate per 100,000 of the population, and the deaths from cow-pox and other effects of vaccination from the year 1872 to the year 1922 for England and Wales; and the total number of small-pox deaths for London for the same years, with the small-pox death rate per 100,000 and the percentage of the births vaccinated?

Lord E. PERCY

The figures, so far as they are available, are as follows:

Year. England and Wales. London.*
Vaccinations per cent. Of Births. Small-pox Deaths. Small-pox Death rate per 100,000 population. Deaths from cow-pox and other effects of vaccination. Vaccinations per cent. of Births.† Small-pox Deaths. Small-pox Death rate per 100,000 population.
1872 … 85 19,022 82.1 ‡ 81.9 1,786 53.7
1873 … 85.2 2,303 9.8 ‡ 81.6 113 3.4
1874 … 85.05 2,084 8.8 ‡ 81.5 57 1.7
1875 … 84.9 849 3.5 37 81.0 46 1.3
1876 … 86 2,408 9.9 21 84.0 736 20.7
1877 … 86.3 4,278 17.3 32 83.9 2,551 71.0
1878 … 85.3 1,856 7.4 39 83.1 1,417 38.8
1879 … 86.0 536 2.1 36 83.4 450 12.1
1880 … 85.1 648 2.5 41 83.8 471 12.5
1881 … 86.6 3,098 11.9 58 85.3 2,367 61.9
1882 … 85.9 1,317 5.0 65 84.6 430 11.1
1883 … 85.6 957 3.6 55 84.2 136 3.5
1884 … 84.4 2,234 8.2 53 83.5 1,236 31.3
1885 … 84.7 2,827 10.3 52 83.5 1,317 33.2
1886 … 83.4 275 1.1 45 82.0 20 0.5
1887 … 82.8 506 1.9 45 80.6 9 0.2
1888 … 81.7 1,026 3.7 45 79.8 9 0.2
1889 … 79.8 23 0.1 58 78.6 1 .0
1890 … 78.0 16 .0 43 75.5 3 0.1
1891 … 75.8 49 0.2 43 73.2 8 0.2
1892 … 74.5 431 1.5 58 71.6 29 0.7
1893 … 72.3 1,457 4.9 59 70.7 186 4.3
1894 … 70.4 820 2.7 50 69.4 89 2.1
1895 … 67.8 223 0.7 56 64.2 55 1.3
1896 … 66.0 541 1.7 42 63.0 9 0.2
1897 … 62.4 25 .0 36 60.1 16 0.4
1898 … 61.0 253 0.8 26 53.8 1 .0
1899 … 66.4 174 0.5 34 58.8 3 0.1
1900 … 68.7 85 0.3 25 61.7 4 0.1
1901 … 71.4 356 1.0 17 64.3 229 5.1
1902 … 74.8 2,464 7.5 22 68.0 1,314 28.5
1903 … 75.4 760 2.3 26 68.9 13 0.3
1904 … 75.3 507 1.5 28 69.7 25 0.6
1905 … 75.8 116 0.4 26 70.7 10 0.2
1906 … 73.4 21 0.1 29 68.1 — —
1907 … 70.9 10 .0 12 65.9 — —
1908 … 63.2 12 .0 13 63.0 — —
1909 … 59.8 21 0.1 11 61.7 2 .0
1910 … 55.9 19 0.1 8 58.4 — —
1911 … 52.3 23 0.1 14 54.8 9 0.2
1912 … 50.1 9 .0 10 52.2 1 .0
1913 … 46.5 10 .0 7 48.3 — —
1914 … 44.6 4 .0 6 45.8 — —
1915 … 45.5 13 .0 11 48.0 3 0.1
1916 … 44.7 18 .0 4 47.4 — —
1917 … 43.3 3 .0 9 45.6 — —
1918 … 41.5 2 .0 5 45.7 — —
1919 … 40.6 28 0.1 7 45.0 6 0.1
1920 … 39.5 30§ 0.1 19 45.6 4 0.1
1921 … 38.3 5 .0 8 43.0 1 .0
1922 … † 27 0.1 7 — 20 .4
* The Administrative and Registration Counties of London were made co-extensive in 1901. The figures for earlier years relate to the Registration County.
† Figures for 1922 not yet available.
‡ Figures for 1872–4 not available.
§ In addition one death, certified as influenza and so classified, was regarded by the Ministry of Health as definitely ascribable to hæmorrhagic small-pox.